I have 2 problems: 1- after upgrade to PR1.2 can't use keyboard again after switching between the phone and Easy Debian. 2- the menu bar (which contains the reboot/logout/shutdown, etc options) is gone. I don't know how to get it back.
For 1., apply qole's fix above; for 2., you can follow the instructions in the wiki http://wiki.maemo.org/Easy_Debian, but this does not restore the cute Maemo-like icon. Since /home/user/.config/lxpanel/LXDE/panels/top is included in the easy-deb-chroot package, you could probably just de-install and then re-install the easy-deb-chroot package. The Debian image wouldn't be affected by that. You might just have to redo your edits of .chroot, if you have done some.